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  1. What were the reasons the United States entered WWII?
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The Bombing of Pearl Harbor Naval Base in Hawaii

  • December 7 1941
  • was a surprise attack by the Japanese
  • Hawaii was not yet a state
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  1. What was the strategy used by India to gain independence from the British?
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Nonviolent Resistance or Civil Disobedience

  • ex: boycotting
  • Indian National Congress
  • Nehru, Jinnah, and Gandhi
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  1. What was the resolution between Hindu- Muslim conflicts in India?
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The Muslim majority became Pakistan. The Hindu majority remained India.

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  1. What was the importance of Vladimir Lenin?
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Germany smuggled Vladimir Lenin into Russia and with the help of Leon Trotsky, Vladimir Lenin led the Bolshevik Revolution which undermined the Russian Government.
Vladimir Lenin:
- dictator
- made Russia a communist country named the Soviet Union (USSR)

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  1. What was the meaning of genocide?
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Systematic killing of a group of people.

  • word created to describe the Holocaust
  • ex: Hitler’s attempt at getting rid of Jews
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  1. What was Hitler’s “Final Solution”?
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To exterminate all the Jews in Europe, and then the rest of the world. Initially thought he’d export them to Africa. Built Concentration camps in Germany and Poland. He used modern technology to kill Jews and other minorities: Gypsies, Homosexuals, Mentally and Physically Disabled, and Jehovah Witness

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  1. What was the significance of the Battle of Stalingrad?
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Nazis fought for control of Stalingrad, Soviet Union (USSR). August 1942- February 1943. Nazi army weakened by this battle and never really recovered. Two million casualties, military and civilian.

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  1. What was the end result of separating East and West Germany?
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West Germany aligned with Western Powers. East Germany aligned with the Soviet Union.

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  1. What were Japan’s reasons for attacking the United States at Pearl Harbor ?
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Japan wanted to be the most powerful military in Asia and later, the world. They wanted the US to help them with this. They believed, if weakened, the US would comply. So they attacked Pearl Harbor Naval Base in Hawaii. Japanese were egocentric, they believed that Japan was the center of the Universe.

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  1. How did Gandhi view his accomplishments?
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Gandhi felt he failed in bringing peace to the Muslims and Hindus. When independence was achieved, the Muslims insisted on the creation of Pakistan as a homeland (on August 5, 1947) for the Muslims, while India remained the Hindu homeland. Gandhi felt that the Hindu/Muslim aggression that he didn’t overcome was his personal failure.

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  1. What is the relationship between anti- Semitism and racism?
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prejudice or hostility towards Jews
vs.
belief that a race or a group of people are inferior or superior to another

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  1. What was the mission of the Indian National Congress?
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Indian National Congress Goals:
- 1st Self Rule
- Afterwards they wanted Independence from Britain
- When independence was achieved, the major task was to keep peace between the Muslims and Hindus
Major figures were Nehru, Jinnah, and Gandh

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  1. What was the relationship between the Nisei and the Jews?
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Nisei: Japanese Americans
- housed in Internment camp during WWII
Jews were a religious group targeted by Hitler in Europe
- housed/ killed in Concentration camps and Ghettos during WWII

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  1. What were the respective roles of both Jinnah and Nehru, and the relationship between them?
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Jinnah
was a major figure in the Indian National Congress and Indian Independence Movement.
was a Muslim representative
supported the division of India

Nehru
was a major figure in the Indian National Congress and Indian Independence Movement
was a Hindu representative
supported the division of India???

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  1. What was the relationship between the cause of the Red Scare and the cause of the Great Depression?
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Cause of Red Scare
Red Scare was a fear of the spread of Communism
This was initiated by Lenin and Trotsky
In 1920s

Cause of the Great Depression
Great Depression was a period of economic hardship in America during 1930s
Caused by Stock Market Crash on Oct. 23 1929
Banks go bankrupt

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  1. What was the relationship between Gandhi and Indian Independence and Teddy Roosevelt and Progressivism?
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Indian Independence

  • Gandhi was a major figure
  • Purpose: to free Indian people of Britain’s control

Progressivism
- Teddy Roosevelt was a major figure
- belief that corruption could be corrected by moral behavior and good laws
- example:
To help small businesses so they were free of big businesses (limit big business power)

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  1. What were the causes of the Great Depression and WWI?
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Great Depression Causes:

  • Stock Market Crash on Oct. 23, 1929
  • “Run on the Banks”
  • Banks couldn’t pay back the people, had loaned it to countries & businesses after WWI
  • Banks go bankrupt

WWI

  • German Empire Growth
  • Collapse of the Ottoman Empire
  • Russia vs. Austria-Hungary fight over Balkan Islands
  • Assassination of Franz Ferdinand (heir to Austria’s throne) by a Serbian Rebel
  • many alliances
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  1. Who were the major figures and major ideas of the Progressive Movement?
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Teddy Roosevelt and other government reformers were figures of the Progressive Movement
Progressive: government reformers who believed corruption could by corrected by moral behavior and good laws
Ideas:
- limit power of big businesses
- increase government regulation if it was in the public interest
- help the poor in society
- Women’s suffrage
- Indian Citizenship Act
- Break up of monopolies

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  1. What were the contributions of Franklin D. Roosevelt?
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Franklin D. Roosevelt:
-elected during the Great Depression 
- eliminated insecure banks through a bank holiday
- persuaded those with money to reinvest in secure banks through fireside chats
- New Deal Programs
 \+ Federal Emergency Relief Act 
 \+ Civilian Conservation Corps 
 \+ Federal Deposit Insurance 
 \+ Rural Electrification Administration
 \+ Social Security Act
- FDR gave the federal government a larger role
- began welfare programs
- gave greater attention to conservation
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  1. What were the major developments in 1920s America?
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  • 18th amendment- prohibition (no alcohol) 1920
  • Henry Ford and the Model T sold 9 million automobiles by 1920
  • Federal Highway Act (1921)
  • Pan American Airways (1927)
  • Mass Media Develops
  • Racial Riots occur as a result of the Great Migration
  • Red Scare
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  1. What was the economic impact of WWI and WWII on the American Homefront?
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WWI- helped Industrial Growth
So America came out of WWI as the richest nation
…..but because America loaned countries money after the war, banks didn’t have the money to return to the people in the Great Depression
WWII-also helps Industrial production rise to unseen levels
Rationing became common at this tim

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  1. What was isolationism?
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Definition is: stay out of other nation’s affairs except in the defense of the US
basically to mind our own businesses

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  1. What was the Social Security Act of 1935?
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Provided workers with unemployment insurance and retirement benefits
Accomplished by Workers and employers making payments into special funds

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  1. What were the implications of the 18th amendment?
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18th Amendment: banned the production, sale , & consumption of alcohol
Called Prohibition, and lasted from 1920-1933
Gave power and influence to gangsters and bootleggers
Repealed with 21st Amendment

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  1. What was the cause of the Great Migration?
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African Americans migrated to northern industrial hubs because WWI helped with industrial growth
~2.5 million from 1910- 1930

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  1. What was welfare and the New Deal?
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New Deal: Roosevelt’s programs to end the Great Depression (1933 & 1935)
Had three goals:
- relief for hungry and unemployed
- recovery for agriculture and industry
- reform for the workings of the US economy
Welfare: process by which the government takes responsibility for the economic security of its people

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  1. What was the relationship between Non-violent resistance and Civil Disobedience?
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Nonviolent Resistance and Civil Disobedience are the same thing.
Both were used by Gandhi to gain Indian Independence from Britain

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  1. What were the countries making up the Axis and Allied powers during WWII?
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Axis: US, France, Great Britain- Democratic powers
Allied: German, Japan, Italy- Communist Powers

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  1. What were the respective roles of Hitler and Lenin and the relationship between them?
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Lenin and Hitler both were Communist dictators of their country. Also they were fascist leaders.

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  1. What was the relationship between the Marshall Plan and the Truman Doctrine?
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Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan both had goals to stop the spread of communism and offered economic support as compensation.
Truman Doctrine: Offered economic support to Turkey and Greece to stop communism
Marshall Plan: Gave economic support to countries in need
- hidden purpose was to stop spread of communism

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